Article: How TV redefined our lives: Television vies for influence with parents, teachers, clergy; Americans spend more time watching TV than doing anything else.(Originated from)

Article: Americans spend countless hours in front of ...
The New American;  January 22, 2007 ;     618 words ... ... computers." Data in the U.S. Census Bureau's latest Statistical Abstracts of the United States pointed to increased time spent at computers and television thereby prompting a comment from Silicon Valley technology forecaster Paul Saffo.

Article: Americans spend 9 hours a day on mediaTime spent ...
Chattanooga Times/Free Press (Chattanooga, TN);  December 18, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... the one thing Americans spend more time on than ... either watching television, surfing the ... there are more televisions in the home than ... biggest increase in television consumption came ... percent. Overall, television consumption among ... free now have televisions, like ...

Article: How do older Americans spend their time? Older ...
Monthly Labor Review;  May 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Understanding how older Americans spend their time and how their time ... has been devoted to how older Americans spend their time. At retirement, the ... activities (for example, watching television, reading, or listening to the ...

Article: Americans Spend One-Billion Hours a Week on ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  October 6, 1999 ;     415 words ... ... technology market research firm, found that Americans spend more than 1 billion hours a week using ... PC/Internet use may be eating into television viewing. The Odyssey study found that ... the Internet during the prime-time television hours of 8-11 p.m. Among the online ...

Article: Americans spend less over this year holiday weekend
Xinhua News Agency;  November 26, 2007 ;     406 words ...Americans spend less over this year holiday weekend WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 (Xinhua ... While last year showed a greater emphasis on high-definition televisions, this year consumers were focused on lower priced doorbusters like ...

Article: HOW DO AMERICANS SPEND THEIR TIME?
The Washington Post;  May 1, 1990 ;     317 words ...Americans spend more time having fun-socializing, playing sports, pursuing hobbies ... to the same pursuit. When they do relax, Japanese women watch more television-21.4 hours a week, compared to 11.5 hours reported by American ...

Article: How Do Americans Spend Their Leisure Time?; A New ...
Business Wire;  June 12, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... Pepperdine & Brown, attempts to shed light on how Americans spend their leisure time and money and predict leisure trends moving ... enjoy more passive leisure activities, such as watching television or going to the movies, as opposed to vigorous activities ...